Category Archives: World
Pope Francis to be profiled in Wim Wenders' documentary
CANNES, France - In a first for the Vatican, Pope Francis has participated in a documentary that producers tout as “a historic nonfiction film.” Focus Features announced Friday at the Cann...
May 19, 2017
Exhibit explores heyday of Atlantic Ocean luxury liners
SALEM, Mass. - This was the golden era for ocean travel: when ladies wore floor-length ball gowns, sometimes with parasols in hand, and gents donned flared frock-coats that gave them an hour-glass fig...
May 19, 2017
Tulsa officer acquitted in man's death returning to force
TULSA, Okla. - A white Oklahoma police officer acquitted in an unarmed black man’s shooting death will be back on the force next week, even as jurors who declared her not guilty of manslaughter ...
May 19, 2017
Eisenberg to play Marceau in Jakubowicz's 'Resistance'
NEW YORK - The director of an upcoming film on the French resistance during World War II says Jesse Eisenberg has signed to play mime Marcel Marceau. Jonathan Jakubowicz wrote in an email Friday that ...
May 19, 2017
Italy makes 12 vaccines mandatory for school-age children
MILAN - The Italian government on Friday made 12 vaccines mandatory for children attending school up to age 16 in an effort to combat what it characterizes as misinformation about vaccines. The new me...
May 19, 2017
Iowa man pleads guilty to killing 2 cops during ambushes
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa man on Friday admitted to killing two Des Moines-area police officers who were ambushed as they sat in their patrol cars. Scott Michael Greene withdrew his not guilty plea a...
May 19, 2017
Judge confirms Prince's 6 siblings as heirs to his estate
MINNEAPOLIS - A judge confirmed Prince’s six siblings to be his rightful heirs in a ruling released Friday, bringing them a big step closer to collecting their shares of the music legend’s...
May 19, 2017
Unemployment rates hit record lows in 3 states
WASHINGTON - Solid hiring nationwide led unemployment rates to touch record lows in three U.S. states last month. Unemployment rates declined in 10 states in April, increased in one - Massachusetts - ...
May 19, 2017
Markets Right Now: Industrials lead US stocks broadly higher
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Industrial companies led U.S. stocks broadly higher, extending the market’s modest gains from the day before. Investo...
May 19, 2017
Weiner pleads guilty in sexting case, could go to prison
NEW YORK - Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose penchant for sexting strangers ended his political career and sparked a probe that upended the presidential race, pleaded guilty Friday to a sex charg...
May 19, 2017
